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Chromosome 22 Syndromes (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26) |
 | | DiGeorge syndrome is characterized by neonatal hypocalcemia, which may present as tetany or seizures, due to hypoplasia of the parathyroid glands, and susceptibility to infection due to a deficit of T cells. |
 | | The acronym CATCH22 derives from the phrase Catch 22, which was used by Joseph Heller as the title of his book (Heller, 1962). |
 | | Opitz G/BBB syndrome was first described by John Opitz, M.D. We at the Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, therefore, refer to all patients with a 22q11.2 deletion by their cytogenetic name, patients with a 22q11.2 deletion... |
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